REVIEW: ‘Creed’ (★★★★)
In a year that has been filled with remakes, sequels and reboots it’s hard to imagine that what seems like another attempt to reboot... Read More
Film Reviews
AFI Review: Angelina Jolie Pitt’s ‘By the Sea’ (★★)
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s By The Sea attempts to break down and humanize two of the most alien and illustrious faces in Hollywood... Read More
REVIEW: Foreign Language Film Oscar Winners 1952-1957
After the first five foreign film winners coming from Italy, France, and Japan, the Academy decided to change it up a bit with their next... Read More
REVIEW: ‘Room’ (★★★★)
A story of mother-child devotion, Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, based on Emma Donoghue’s book, is a stunning exploration of commitment, love, and survival. Ma and... Read More
REVIEW: ‘Miles Ahead’ (★★★)
“Get the fuck off me, Hitler” Don Cheadle’s gaudy, prismatic passion-project biopic Miles Ahead just had its world premiere. It was the closing night... Read More
REVIEW: ‘Beasts of No Nation’ is a truly harrowing masterpiece (★★★½)
Agu and his family in West Africa live a simple but happy existence. They laugh, play, fight, burp and fart at the table. He... Read More
MVFF38: ‘Carol’ starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara
Set in an era when glances an small gestures speak volumes, Todd Haynes’s Carol is a luscious and profound piece on relationships, sexuality and... Read More
MVFF38 Review: ’45 Years’
Is there anything more insidious than a secret? Kate and Geoff Mercer (Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay) lead a quiet and charmingly simple life... Read More
MVFF38 Review: ‘Spotlight’
Telling the story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe reporters whose 2001 investigation broke through the systemic cover-up of Catholic priests sexually abusing kids... Read More
MVFF38 Preview: ‘Brooklyn’
The story of young Irish immigrant Eilis Lacey (played by Saiorse Ronan) coming to America in the 1950s, Brooklyn is so carefully crafted and... Read More
36th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) Announces Full Lineup, Opening with ‘Better Man’ and Closing with ‘The Penguin Lessons’ 
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62nd Annual Publicists Awards Nominations